Math Games

Grade 5 - The Number System

Standard 5.NS.1.7 - Simplify fractions and express them in the lowest terms.

Included Skills:

Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of fractions by using concrete, pictorial, and symbolic representations to
• create sets of equivalent fractions
• compare and order fractions with like and unlike denominators

• Performance Indicators
- N07.01 Represent a given fraction of one whole, set, linear model, or region using concrete materials.
- N07.02 Create a set of equivalent fractions, and explain, using concrete materials, why there are many equivalent fractions for any given fraction.
- N07.03 Model and explain that equivalent fractions represent the same quantity.
- N07.04 Determine if two given fractions are equivalent, using concrete materials or pictorial representations.
- N07.05 Identify equivalent fractions for a given fraction.
- N07.06 Compare and order two given fractions with unlike denominators by creating equivalent fractions.
- N07.07 Position a given set of fractions with like and unlike denominators on a number line, and explain strategies used to determine the order.
- N07.08 Formulate and verify a personal strategy for developing a set of equivalent fractions.